6.22.2012

Our good friends from Critters in the Cottage gave us the Illuminating Blogger award. LP writes a delightful blog about her gang...two cats, two kittens, two senior foster cats and two dogs!!!

Now we've received this award before but this time, interestingly, it was given to Rio our woofie sister who rarely appears on the blog. So here you go Levon, just for you a little illumination about our Rio....

First of all she is a golden doodle, this means her dad was a standard poodle and her mum was a golden retriever. The original purpose of this cross breed was to develop guide dogs suitable for visually impaired individuals with allergies; she does not shed at all!!! Doodles are super clever, friendly and relaxed family dogs who are eager to please. Many people mistake our woofie sister for a male because they think Rio is a boy's name but in fact she was named after the girl in the 80's Duran Duran song Rio. Because we live in an area called the Beach we thought the lyrics were appropriate...

"Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
Just like that river twisting through a dusty land
And when she shines she really shows you all she can
Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande."

Rio the day we chose her; 5 weeks old (don't know why this pic loaded sideways)

our golden girl

Rio a few months old, has not had a haircut yet

Rio's first Christmas

Rio leg surgery x2

Rio last Halloween

Rio with best friend Kip

Rio with the bed to herself

fresh from the groomer :-)

I hope you've all enjoyed seeing pics of our sister Rio. Next week back to the really important stuff...us kitties!!!

We would like to pass this award along to anyone who has not received it yet but would like to illuminate us with interesting facts about themselves :-)

6.13.2012

Hi folks Archie here to tell you the story of how I got my name. If you want to read about how some of my friends got their names also, pop on over to the Tabby Cat Club.

When mum and dad adopted me my name was Marshall and I was about five months old. Mum wasn't so keen on the name so she was looking for ideas on a website that had cat names and their meanings.

I was not a shy kitten in fact the first moment my bedroom door was opened after my quarantine period, I scampered down the stairs straight into the living room and began playing with toys!

In fact mum insists I said "tada, here I am" but I think she's fibbing on that one. For a while my mum and dad considered calling me Rufus or Russell which are both supposed to mean red but those names didn't seem to suit me. Then mum came across the name Archibald which means bold and she thought that was perfect for me because I was such a brave boy.

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Hi my name is Cat, I have been an animal lover and a cat person in particular ever since I can remember. My sweet cats are the reason I started this little blog. They are the joy of my heart and the children I never had. Nothing makes me happier than talking about them, writing about them and taking pictures of them. I have bored my family and friends for so long that I thought it was time to branch out!